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The impact of the economic crisis on the nationalism of Catalonia
Risingerová, Karolina ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The thesis is focused on the Catalan nationalism as the nationalism of the nation without state and its changes during the economic crisis. The objective is to analyse potential impact of the economic crisis to the Catalan nationalism and its changes after 2008, firstly at the level of public opinion, secondly and mainly at the political level in the frame of the analysis of the Catalan political parties in the Catalan parliament after the elections in 2006, 2010 and 2012. The parties are divided according their demands to the central government using the Dandoy's typology. The intensification of the demands for the independence in the Catalan society and its correlation with the worsening economic indicators, as the unemployment, Catalan debt or the changes of GDP, is analysed by the linear regression analysis in the first part of the study. The connection between nationalist questions and the economic crisis is analysed in the second part of the thesis. Three tools of the election campaign in 2006, 2010 and 2012 are used for this analysis - the electoral programmes, the electoral debates and interviews in television and the electoral spots. The conclusion of the thesis is whether the nationalist demands in the Catalan society and of the Catalan political parties increased and if so, whether it is...
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Limits of conditionality policy in EU foreign policy
Radačičová, Simone ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the concept of conditionality that is applied in European Union's extemal relations with Cuba. The theoretical background determinates the conditions that can influence the efficiency of conditionality when applied to the developing countries. The relationship between Cuba and the EU is based on the Common position which was agreed in 1996. It set conditions that Cuba has to fulfill in order to normalize its links with the EU. In the 90s, EU ušed the positive conditionality with mixed results, but following the events of the spring 2003, the EU member States agreed on a tougher Stance, i.e. the adoption of diplomatic measures, in fact the negative conditionality. This approach brought a couple of negative effects and challenged the EU's influence on Cuban politics. Following the review the EU member States suspended the sanctions and in 2008 abolished the remaining diplomatic measures. Despite of its limits, the conditionality applied in the framework of realistic policy remains to be an important element in the relations between EU and Cuba. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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